The 2013 Forward Technology Festival runs from August 15-24, and encompasses 10 days of tech and entrepreneurship focused events throughout Madison. For a full event list and more information, go here. The inaugural Badger Startup Summit event will take place Friday, August 16 and aims to connect brilliant creative people from across the country and …
The 2013 Forward Technology Festival runs from August 15-24, and encompasses 10 days of tech and entrepreneurship focused events throughout Madison. For a full event list and more information, go here. The Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social kicks off the Forward Technology Festival on the evening of Thursday, August 15 from 6-8 pm on the Capitol …
Subsidence has been accepted into the inaugural class of the Bolt accelerator program based in Boston. Bolt is a six-month, intensive accelerator program designed to spur the growth of new hardware-based technology businesses. The Bolt program will provide Subsidence with a package of financial investment, access to world-class prototyping and manufacturing facilities, 24/7 access engineering …
Capital Entrepreneurs would like to welcome our newest Featured Sponsor – Regus. Sponsors provide financial support to fund core Capital Entrepreneurs operations and meeting events. If you would like to get involved as a sponsor, contact us. Regus is the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces, with products and services ranging from fully equipped offices …
A startup hub in downtown Madison that will be anchored by Sector67 and gener8tor has just been announced. StartingBlock Madison’s goal is to create a centralized location for the Madison region’s entrepreneurial activities. The facility will provide Madison-based startups with affordable, flexible office and co-working space, accelerator support, peer and mentoring resources, education and training, …
PerBlue just released a significant update to their recently released Greed for Glory mobile game for Android. The latest update adds kingdoms, social features, and leaderboards to the 3D combat strategy game. Greed for Glory originally launched in June, and has since garnered over 700,000 installs from around the world. Download and play Greed for …
The growing coworking movement in Madison was featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. Coworking in Madison has continued to gain steam, with existing coworking spaces expanding and new ones forming. The article focuses extensively on the role coworking plays in the startup community, why the spaces are so valuable, and also highlights some of the …
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SnowShoe was recently ranked as one of the Top 10 Coolest Cloud Startups of 2013 by CRN. SnowShoe develops the SnowShoe Stamp, which is a small device used for authenticating cloud-based mobile transactions. SnowShoe won the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon last year. They were accepted into TechStars earlier this year and are currently out in Boulder …
A new nonprofit fund targeting investment in early-stage Wisconsin companies has formed. The BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has raised an initial fund of $6 million, and is expected to raise an additional $60 million over the next 3 years. BrightStar’s non-traditional model mixes venture capital investments with charity. Investors in the fund don’t receive a return …
A recent story on NPR focused on how high end restaurants in New York City are having an increasingly difficult time finding quality chefs. A big reason for this is thought to be that young, up-and-coming chefs are going to smaller, more affordable cities with their own vibrant food cultures – places such as Madison …
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The first ever Artup Weekend is taking place in Madison the weekend of July 26-28. Artup Weekend is an event where artists and entrepreneurs work together on teams to build amazing art or art businesses over a weekend. The event was inspired by hackathon style events traditionally held in the tech community, but now with …
Madison made the short list of cities with the highest amount of venture capital investment per capita. The Atlantic Cities released a series of posts examining the new geography of venture capital and high-tech startups. The Silicon Valley (#1) and San Francisco (#2) areas are still by far the top areas for investment, but the …
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Forrest Woolworth is COO of the mobile gaming startup PerBlue and co-founder of Capital Entrepreneurs. Forrest has been on the office space hunt on multiple occasions with PerBlue, and shares what it’s like to be a startup in the world of corporate real estate with us now. Even with 2 million square feet of unused …
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Drifty Co was recently highlighted in a feature in InBusiness Magazine. Drifty builds the mobile and web development tools Codiqa and Bootstrap, which have received tech community acclaim including being spotlighted on the jQuery Mobile website. Drifty recently returned from TechStars Cloud, and has set their roots down at their new King Street office. Be …
Asthmapolis, maker of the FDA-cleared mobile health solution for asthma and COPD, recently received a second investment from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF). Asthmapolis is designed to improve the care of people with asthma and COPD, advance understanding of symptoms and triggers and help them achieve control of these diseases. The CHCF investment in Asthmapolis, …
Musical performances will be taking place all throughout the city today (Friday, June 21) as part of the inaugural MakeMusicMadison event. The free festival brings together 284 performances at 110 different locations throughout the city. The MakeMusicMadison event is part of the international World Music Day event in cities throughout the world. The matchmaking software …
Nextt has completed a $700,000 seed funding round lead by Venture Investors and Great Oaks Venture Capital. Nextt is focusing on the “future of social” and is building a private social network that focuses on connecting friends around real-world events and experiences. The startup was founded by serial entrepreneur Mark McGuire (of NameProtect.com and Jellyfish.com), …
The Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc (CNI) Annual Meeting will feature Alder Scott Resnick who will present his insights on the growth trends of Madison’s high-tech sector and its affect on the downtown in coming years. Resnick is the District 8 Alder and is also the Vice President at Hardin Design & Development. The CNI Annual Meeting …
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Madison ranked as the 5th Best City for High-Tech Jobs in a recent ranking from the Brookings Institution. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara region of California (Silicon Valley) came in at the top, and Madison came in at 5th between Seattle (4th) and Boston (6th) with 24% of the workforce in the STEM field. “The Hidden …
Madison based NitricGen, Inc took first place in the 2013 Governor’s Business Plan Contest. NitricGen designed and patented a device that produces nitric oxide from room air which is used to treat chronic foot ulcers, a serious complication of diabetes. The awards were announced at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference. Winners share a total of $200,000 …
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